Jonas Ekblom retro

Jonas Ekblom is a journalist from Sweden and has previously worked on some of Sweden's biggest radio shows. He is a former student at University College London where he studied European Social and Political Studies. He is now completing a Masters in Journalism at Columbia University in New York. He also loves dogs. Read more: www.jonasekblom.com

Powerful women and frail men

Prompted by a recent trip to the cinema, Jonas Ekblom wonders why and how ...

Swedish elections leave two major parties reeling, Sweden Democrats emboldened by record support

The Swedish general election this past Sunday saw the Sweden Democrats, a populist party ...

Power, penises and penetration – is sex really all about it?

Jonas Ekblom reflects on power dynamics in bed. Every single pseudointellectual fluff piece about ...

Reconsidering understandings of power and gender in the EU

Deeply impressed by Mary Beard’s great book, Jonas Ekblom reflects on women representation in ...

Challenging the primacy of the car – one European city at a time

I stan utan min bil – In town without my car – was recently ...

Why the ‘women’s vote’ is a myth – and why believing it is dangerous

After the election of current US president Donald Trump many pundits on all sides ...

The real “Danish Girl” and the European history of transgenderism

The Danish Girl, the Tom Hooper-directed and Academy Award-winning drama about Lili Elbe, one ...

A European or an Olympic identity – or both?

Every other, or fourth year, depending on what kind of sports you find interesting, ...